Baker, Kate Secrets of the Sea, 82 pages. Illustrated by Eleanor Taylor. PICTURE BOOK.
Big Picture Press (Candlewick), 2017.
$25. 9780763698393
At first you will probably glance at this book and think, as
I did, “why didn’t they use photos for the illustrations?” But then you will immerse yourself in
Taylor’s luminescent drawings and think, “othing else could be more perfect”. Though arranged as a factual text about a
wide variety of sea/ocean organisms, this feels more like a vast coffee table
book that a reader could lose themselves within for hours. I want to cut this up and display most of the
illustrations on my wall as art pieces, but even though they are worthy, I
won’t, because I want this available for students to love. This is more a book for an individual to
check out, not really something a
teacher might use in the classroom.
EL, MS - ADVISABLE
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